I don't cringe when I think of doing old material. A lot of the people have been with me through the years.

Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it.

You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.

There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back.

I wouldn't be interested in just doing a show that's mapped out and choreographed with a set list. That would've been boring so long ago it just wouldn't be any fun.

I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the transition you were talking about.

It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?

I'm not trying to be the new anybody.

I relate to the audiences and they know me. It's pretty real.

I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs.

And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable.

We will feel conviction about the things we create only if we keep discovering, within those creations, new reasons for wanting them to be that way.

Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.

A mind without a secret is with a question mark! A mind with so many secrets shall attract an exclamation one day!

Silently sit on the beach, close your eyes, now see the flowing blue sky, feel the dance of waves, and hear the whispering love song of the southern breeze.

What will you tell him?""The truth."Fortismer thinks about that."Yes, " he says at last. "Probably the best thing. Bloody deceptive, honesty.

You can survive up to three weeks without food. You can only survive for three days without water. No one knows how many days you can survive without caffeine.

Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches).

You can kill somebody, but I wouldn't advise that.

The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.